Color-Coded Construction
Utility workers marked up the sidewalk on the southwest corner of Liberty and Division, in preparation for the DDA's Fifth and Division streetscape project. CLR means there aren't any lines in that location for the utility corresponding to the color of the marking . (Photo by the writer.)
We began with a question: What do the new multi-colored letters and symbols along Division Street mean?
Yes, the stretch of Division between Madison and Detroit streets is getting an overhaul – as part of an Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority project. And yes, utility workers have been marking up the sidewalks for weeks.
But how to decipher these urban hieroglyphics?
In the process of answering that question, we also learned the answer to this one: What’s the connection between deer hunting and asphalt?
And along the way, we got an update about the work, which started this week on South Division, between Packard and Liberty, as well as a more general overview of progress on the DDA’s Fifth and Division streetscape project. [Full Story]